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Let it sink in that Florida is his home and we have been recruiting him for two full weeks.
I honestly don't get how some fail to understand the hill this staff has had to climb the last two weeks. The lousy job Mack did of recruiting and balancing scholarship appropriations by position has left us very thin at several key spots. It's really not hard to see and it's not going to be fixed in two weeks time. Mack screwed the program with four years of poor decisions on recruiting.
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Obviously you have never met me so you really know nothing about me. My love for all things UT is very well documented so I will let that speak for itself.
So you "love" UT but you can't give Strong the benefit of any doubt his fourth week on the job? I guess I appreciate your Tiger Momness, but what's changed since since January 6th when you were stating that Strong would get us tough and over the entitledness? If you know that we've been soft and that recruiting has suffered the past two years under Mack, I'm just baffled by why you thought recruiting was going to be great this month.
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I'm not sure if you guys listen to the Orange Report, which MBHORNSFAN hosts, but if you did, you would know he is very optimistic about Coach Strong and the University of Texas in general. I think his negative posts about recruiting aren't so much a comment on Coach Strong and Co. at recruiting but more of a "look how far we've fallen" type of comment. If I was to guess, and this is purely speculation, he's blaming this dip in recruiting on the soft, entitled and mediocre product we've put on the field the past couple of years. From the shows I've listened to MBHORNSFAN has faith in Strong.
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When have I ever stated you don't have "love" for UT? Just gets annoying hearing you bash everything UT related. I'm a realist and I have no problem with criticism, but when you try and find a problem with everything it gets annoying. There's no reason to say "let that statement sink it for a minute and that's all you need to know about our recruiting right now". Really, the kid was recruited by Nebraska/ND/Missouri and you act like it's a bad thing that it's coming down to UT and UCF? You are doing the same thing the you did with Lorenzo Joe, so much negativity when there doesn't need to be. I have no problem with your opinion. If you don't think Nelson is a good player then reference game film or something, but don't come out with this nonsense "that's all you need to know about our recruiting right now". There's a big difference between making constructive criticisms and making baseless/emotional/knee jerk assumptions.
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There's a lot I don't agree with you on, but this is one thing that I do. UT is stuck in a dead end conference (Okay...cue the Big XII cheerleaders...) and eventually, Patterson's gonna have to find time to get UT (and probably three others) moved to the PAC. That's assuming zero-u doesn't make a unilateral jump to the SEC before then. There is a very real possibility of that, by-the-way.
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Exactly
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You sure do like to keep saying that. For the 1000th time all I said he was taken visits and a decommit was possible. I am pretty sure others on OB etc said the same thing. I also said that about Porter and that is what happened. I am thrilled that Joe is going to stick with us but at the time is was 50-50..That is a fact
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If you have read any of my post I have not once mentioned Strong. I am talking about the overall state of recruiting where it is today for us, the Big 12 in general as compared to the SEC. The numbers don't lie.
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Meh
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BevoBlake
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No offense meant, but you aren't stating anything that isn't readily apparent to anyone who follows College Football. The only perplexing thing about this topic is that anyone would actually be surprised that the BIG 12 isn't doing as well as the SEC in recruiting. I mean should we line up the schools on popularity and see where they rank up? As soon as you get past team number one, it wouldn't be pretty for the BIG 12. Dare I say, I think the reason that your posts are annoying so many is because your stubborn desire to appear a realist sometimes leaves you looking completely removed from the real reality of Texas' current recruiting situation. To say Texas is doing anything but moderately good this year in recruiting would be an absolute joke. As has been stated by myself and many others already, no other school in the NCAA would have been able to put together a Top 15 Recruiting Class this year whilst enduring everything that Texas has dealt with this season. We could go further than this season and take a look at the past three seasons and it becomes even more evident that Texas is recruiting at a surprisingly good level.
Many are starting to claim you aren't a Longhorn fan, I don't believe that for a second. I know your heart lies with the Burnt Orange and I think any claim that it doesn't is both unfounded and ridiculous. I also understand you host your own podcast and the whole "self deprecating, edgy realist" radio host thing is in right now. I would just ask that you don't confuse edginess and realism with being misinformed and detached. That's not a shot at you or your character, it's just a small bit of constructive criticism. I do feel like you've been a tad stubborn in your comments about the current recruiting situation. Which is fine, you're entitled to your own opinion. But you've seemed confused about why you're on the receiving end of these barbs all of a sudden, so I'm clearing the fog for you. I'm hoping this post will serve as an end to all of the bickering that has been taking place between you and some of the posters on this board. You don't deserve it and neither do they. We're a community with a common interest and I think we should allow that common interest to help us grow as a community, rather than tear us up from the inside out. I respect you immensely, just as I respect pretty much everybody else on this board. And I hope nothing but the best for you and The Orange Report.
Hopefully nobody finds this post intrusive and/or out of line. I'm just trying to help put an end to something I feel has been plaguing the board for a few weeks.
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Valid points. I will say this this my opinion etc has nothing to do with me hosting a show or trying to be edgy. If you listen to my past shows I have been a sunshine pumper and caught heat and now I am not one and I am catching heat. My opinion is my opinion with or without the the podcast. Thanks for your well informed thoughts.
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Complete nonsense on OU. The PAC turned down OU because they had to bring along OSU and both schools together add less than nothing to any TV contract. The same applies to the SEC even if OU could somehow manage to cut loose OSU. OU has a good football profile but a pathetic TV profile. Adding them would mean less money for everyone else in a major conference. Add the GOR to this reality and OU is stuck in the Big 12 or worse if UT bolts.
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